Built For
Civil Engineering and Infrastructure
Structured cost and carbon estimating for complex delivery
Whether it’s roads, rail, or tunnels, balancing cost and carbon has never been easier than with Sterling. We’re experienced in helping civil engineering and infrastructure teams to estimate with precision, report with confidence, and manage change without the chaos.
Trusted across the industry
Why infrastructure teams choose Sterling
Package-level control, programme-wide visibility.
Sterling supports phased delivery, helping you manage multiple scopes and packages without losing the big picture.
Cost and carbon/ Integrated from the start.
Estimate carbon alongside cost, directly within your workflow. Generate outputs aligned with PAS 2080 and ICMS without adding effort.
Designed for NEC, ready for audit.
Create outputs that meet NEC standards and stand up to stakeholder scrutiny. Ideal for regulated environments and joint ventures.
Keep a step ahead of risk and change.
Track revisions, adjust risk allowances, and respond to design shifts with version control and lifecycle forecasting built in.
Supporting major civils and infrastructure programmes
Sterling is used by commercial and sustainability teams working on highways, rail, utilities, and public infrastructure. It supports bid-stage clarity, delivery-phase accountability, and long-term lifecycle planning.
Built for complex projects and programs
- Estimate cost and carbon from early stage to final delivery
- Manage large-scale, multi-package scopes with ease
- Align outputs with NEC, PAS 2080, and ICMS
- Track risk, changes, and design evolution
- Export audit-ready documents for frameworks
- Support collaborative workflows across teams
Outputs that stand up to scrutiny
NEC compliant BoQs and cost plans
PAS 2080 carbon estimates
ICMS aligned breakdowns
Lifecycle forecasts for cost and carbon
Versioned audit trails with supporting data
Breakdown structures
Ready to put the structure in infrastructure?
Book a free demo to find out how Sterling can help your team build accurate cost and carbon estimates using smart libraries, integrated take-off and real-time updates.
FAQs for Estimators Using Sterling
Everything you need to know about how Sterling helps estimators deliver faster, more accurate cost and carbon estimates
Sterling is built for flexibility, making it ideal for estimators working across a variety of sectors including residential, commercial, infrastructure and public sector projects. Whether you are pricing a housing scheme in Manchester, a healthcare facility in Birmingham or a rail project in London, Sterling’s structured libraries and smart take-off tools adapt to the scale, complexity and standards required. With templates and cost structures available, you can hit the ground running on any job.
Yes. Sterling offers integrated 2D and 3D take-off tools that allow you to measure directly from drawings or models and link quantities live to your cost items. This means that when your model or drawings change, your estimate can be updated instantly without having to re-enter data. This feature is particularly useful for estimators working with evolving designs or BIM models, helping reduce duplication and errors during preconstruction.
Absolutely. Sterling includes embedded carbon tracking, allowing estimators to assign A1–A3 embodied carbon values to resources using integrated databases such as EC3 and 2050 Materials. This means you can generate dual reports showing both cost and carbon estimates, helping meet increasing requirements around net zero and sustainability. This is especially important for UK projects aligned with PAS 2080 and government carbon reduction targets.
Sterling gives you access to custom libraries for resources, cost items and project breakdowns. This allows you to build standardised estimates across different projects, regions or teams. Whether you’re estimating for a main contractor in Leeds or working as part of a consultancy in Glasgow, your team can share and reuse structured data to ensure consistency, accuracy and traceability. Version control and benchmarking tools also help compare and refine your estimates over time.
Yes. Sterling includes a built-in Bid Package portal that allows you to send structured packages directly to subcontractors and suppliers for pricing. They can respond online with their cost and carbon data, which feeds directly back into your estimate. This feature supports better collaboration with your supply chain, whether you are issuing packages to steel contractors in Sheffield or MEP specialists in Bristol, and removes the need for manual collation of returns.